General Convention Needs Genuine Diversity, says Episcopal Dean
General Convention Needs Genuine Diversity, says Episcopal Dean
South Carolina is the only diocese that is growing: we need South Carolina to stay in
By David W. Virtue in Indianapolis
www.virtueonline.org
July 9, 2012
The Dean of Virginia Theological Seminary says the powerful vision of an inclusive church is disappearing and there are those who are using the language of inclusion to justify exclusion.
Writing in the column "Perspective" for Center Aisle,the Daily Opinion Journal of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, The Very Rev. Ian Markham said, "There are voices that insist that anyone who has the temerity to believe in traditional marriage, confined to a man and a woman, should not be allowed in the Episcopal Church; there are voices that want to advocate an unthinking vision of Eucharistic hospitality, which would result in the madness of inviting a Muslim who does not even believe that Jesus died on the cross to a table that remembers our Lord's death; there are voices that want to cut ties to the Anglican Communion family because it had a problem with our progressive stance; there are plenty of voices who want to exclude in the name of inclusion."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
South Carolina is the only diocese that is growing: we need South Carolina to stay in
By David W. Virtue in Indianapolis
www.virtueonline.org
July 9, 2012
The Dean of Virginia Theological Seminary says the powerful vision of an inclusive church is disappearing and there are those who are using the language of inclusion to justify exclusion.Writing in the column "Perspective" for Center Aisle,the Daily Opinion Journal of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, The Very Rev. Ian Markham said, "There are voices that insist that anyone who has the temerity to believe in traditional marriage, confined to a man and a woman, should not be allowed in the Episcopal Church; there are voices that want to advocate an unthinking vision of Eucharistic hospitality, which would result in the madness of inviting a Muslim who does not even believe that Jesus died on the cross to a table that remembers our Lord's death; there are voices that want to cut ties to the Anglican Communion family because it had a problem with our progressive stance; there are plenty of voices who want to exclude in the name of inclusion."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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